Christopher Meloni

Christopher Meloni

Born 1961-04-02 (age 65) Washington, D.C., USA
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Biography

Christopher Peter Meloni (born April 2, 1961) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler on the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit until 2013, and later reprising the role (as a series regular) on the 2021 spinoff series, Law & Order: Organized Crime. Meloni was nominated for the 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Elliot Stabler.

He played criminal Jimmy Liery in eight episodes of NYPD Blue during 1996-1997. He also played inmate Chris Keller on the HBO prison drama Oz. In June 2012, he returned to HBO as the vampire Roman on the main cast of True Blood for the series' fifth season. Meloni also starred in and executive-produced the Syfy series Happy! from 2017 to 2019. He then appeared on the third season of The Handmaid's Tale as Commander Winslow in 2019.

He has appeared in a number of films to include Wet Hot American Summer, 12 Monkeys, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Runaway Bride, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Man of Steel, and 42.

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Man of Steel
Man of Steel

2013

as Colonel Nathan Hardy

IF
IF

2024

as Cosmo (voice)

Bound
Bound

1996

as Johnnie Marzzone

Twelve Monkeys
Twelve Monkeys

1995

as Lt. Halperin

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1998

as Clerk at Flamingo Hotel

Snatched
Snatched

2017

as Roger Simmons

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
42
42

2013

as Leo Durocher

Carriers
Carriers

2009

as Frank Holloway

Runaway Bride
Runaway Bride

1999

as Coach Bob Kelly

Junior
Junior

1994

as Mr. Lanzarotta

Marauders
Marauders

2016

as Montgomery

Almost Friends
Almost Friends

2017

as Howard

I Am Wrath
I Am Wrath

2016

as Dennis

Little Brother
Little Brother

2026

as Josh

The Diary of a Teenage Girl
The Diary of a Teenage Girl

2015

as Pascal MacCorkill

Wet Hot American Summer
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men